How to Make Wire Snake Ring

Making our own accessories will surely add a pride when we are using it. Among all tutorials of making jewelry out there, here is a tutorial of making a unique ring that is made in a form of snake. This ring is not difficult to make as the materials needed are only copper wire, citric acid, and gas burner. However, you may need to invest around 3 hours to make. But don’t worry, it is worth the time!

Making the Base

Cutting thicket wire (diameter around 1.3mm)

Leave some centimeters free from one of the wire’s ends and then cut about 2/3 of the wire thickness using needle fire or graver. Bend the wire and then solder the wire’s tip.

Bend the wire edges with pliers and then solder the joint.

Sharpen the wire’s tip using needle file or graver and sand it.

Make the form of the ring by wrapping the wire around a cylindrical object.

Bend the wire ends to form waves with pliers.

Sharpen the wire’s tip using needle file.

Sand the tip carefully and take your pliers to wrap the spiral.

Hit the wire’s tip using a small hammer and then remove all the uneven surface by sanding it.

Making the Muzzle

Choose a stone bead and then insert it into the snake’s head. Wire the bead into the base.

Add another two copper beads to make the snake’s eyes.

Make a small cut of the wire and make it blank. It is for covering the eyes and the beads.

Solder and sand the wire cut

Tape the wire cut to the head.

Slightly bend the backwards as shown in the picture.

Grab other small beads and add them one by one to the edges. Then, decorate it using winding wire.

Wrapping the Ring’s Base

Take the second piece of the wire, the one with the diameter of 0,8mm. Then, sharpen the wire’s edge, sand it, and twist the wire to make a spiral as shown in the picture below.

Pass the ball under the wire’s tip, the one which becomes the head’s upper element. Then, wind the ball to the base.

Grab a long piece of wire (diameter of 0.3 mm) and start twisting both wires with the 2×3 winding.

Continue working with the wire around the snake’s entire length.

Reach the tail’s tip, cut the excess off, sharpen it, and place the tail inside the big spiral.